Program Book of the 2009 ISCRAM Summer School in Tilburg, the Netherlands, August 20-28 2009

1. 2009 ISCRAM SUMMER SCHOOL
ON NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR CRISIS
MANAGEMENT
CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN CRISIS PREPAREDNESS
AND RESPONSE
Program Book
August 20-28, 2009
TILBURG UNIVERSITY
Tilburg, the Netherlands

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ISCRAM International Association ivzw Emergency Management
p/a Hermann Debrouxlaan 40 Improvement Committee
1160 Brussels - Belgium Tilburg, the Netherlands
2009 ISCRAM Summer School Organizers:
Janneke Liebregts – van Maarle
Ron de Milde
Willem Muhren
Jan Otten
Bartel Van de Walle
The 2009 ISCRAM Summer School is grateful for the financial support by the D-CIS
Lab, the Dutch National Coordinator for Counterterrorism (NCTB), TIAS-NIMBAS
Business School and the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration.
2009 ISCRAM SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM BOOK
This version: August 8 2009 – version 1.2
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Practical Information: Daily schedule, Venue, Travel........................................... 4
2. Program Overview ............................................................................................... 11
3. Participants ........................................................................................................... 15
4. Lecturers .............................................................................................................. 17
5. Lectures - short abstracts .................................................................................... 19
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1. Practical Information: Daily schedule, Venue, Travel
The third ISCRAM Summer School takes place at Tilburg University, from August 20
to 28 2009. The university website is: http://www.tilburguniversity.nl . The contact
person at the University is Mrs. Mieke Smulders, Secretary Office of the Department
of Information Systems and Management. Mrs. Smulders can be reached at +31 13
466 2188 during regular office hours.
On-site registration takes place on Wednesday, August 19 at Tilburg University, in
building K (Koopmans Building, the tallest building on the campus), Office K725 (in
Building K, see campus map below), from 3 pm in the afternoon until 6 pm. At 6 pm,
a welcome reception is offered by the University in Tilbury III on the campus.
The daily program consists of morning lectures, followed by afternoon working
group sessions. All lectures take place on campus in building T (the TIAS Building, see
campus map below). All lectures start at 9:00 am, until noon. Lunch can be held in
the Student Cafeteria. The afternoon sessions start at 2 pm until the end of the
afternoon. Dinner will take place in various locations, during most of which invited
“challenge” talks take place.
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 Tilburg and the Netherlands
With a population of nearly 200,000 inhabitants, Tilburg is the Netherlands' sixth
largest city and is located in the South of the country, close to the Belgian border, in
the Province of ‘North Brabant’.
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For more (tourist) information on the Netherlands and Tilburg, see:
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/europe/netherlands/
http://www.vvvtilburg.nl/algemeen/engels/welcome.html
or see also this nice introduction video at
http://www.tilburguniversity.nl/tilburg/
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 From Schiphol Airport to Tilburg (Tilburg Central Train Station):
The easiest way is to take the train. For details on how to get from Schiphol to
Tilburg by train, see:
http://www.tilburguniversity.nl/contact/route/air.html
and here:
http://www.tilburguniversity.nl/contact/route/train.html
The Dutch Railways (NS or Nationale Spoorwegen) website is here:
http://www.ns.nl (choose English version).
 Hotel Address:
All participants at the Summer Schools are staying in hotel ‘De Postelse Hoeve’ which
is located in Tilburg.
Hotel Contact Information:
Hotel De Postelse Hoeve
Dr. Deelenlaan 10
5042 AD Tilburg
Phone: +31 13 4636335 (or 013 463 6335 when you are in the country)
Fax: +31 13 4639390
E-mail: info@depostelsehoeve.nl
http://www.depostelsehoeve.nl/
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 How to get from Tilburg Central train station (lower right flag on map) to De
Postelse Hoeve hotel (upper left flag on the map):
Map generated on http://www.mappy.nl (you can try and generate your own
maps there).
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 How to get from Hotel De Postelse Hoeve (upper right flag on map) to Tilburg
University campus (lower left flag on map):
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 Map of Tilburg University Campus with all Buildings indicated:
Campus address: Warandelaan 2, 5000 LE Tilburg, the Netherlands.
 Contact Information Organizers:
During the Summer School, you can always contact Bartel:
Bartel Van de Walle:
Cell phone (any time): +32 479 45 7117
Home phone: +32 14 84 20 79
University office: +31 13 466 2016
Email: bartel@uvt.nl or bvdwalle@gmail.com
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2. Program Overview
All Summer School locations are on the Tilburg University campus. Please note that
the program may still be subject to last-minute changes.
Day 1: Wednesday, August 19 2009
Please join us at Tilburg University, building K, room K729 between 3-6 pm, followed
by a welcome reception offered by the University at 6 pm.
Important Notice: Bikes (yes, this is Holland!) will be waiting for you at the Hotel
upon your arrival on the 19th, so you can use your bike to get to the University for
the registration. Someone will be at the Hotel between 2 and 3 pm to help you with
the bikes, and hand over your bike. If you are arriving later, you can get the keys for
your bike at the hotel reception desk.
Time Location Activity
3 – 6 pm K729 (Secretary Office) On-site Registration
6 – 9 pm Tilburry III (on Campus) Welcome Reception
offered by the Faculty of
Economics and Business
Administration
Day 2: Thursday, August 20 2009
Time Location Activity
9 am T-building – room TZ2 Introduction to the
Summer School – student
presentations
12 – 1 pm Student Cafeteria Lunch
1 – 4 pm T-building – room TZ2 Simon French on
Stakeholder and Public
Participation
4 pm Welcome reception by Tilburg City Hall
City of Tilburg
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Day 3: Friday, August 21 2009
Time Location Activity
9 am T-building – room TZ2 Lecture by Patrick
Gordon, UN OCHA on
humanitarian IM
12 – 1 pm Student Cafeteria Lunch
1 – 5 pm T-building – room TZ2 Lecture by Gisli Olafson,
Microsoft and UNDAC on
OneResponse and
Microsoft Vine
7 pm Restaurant Dinner and Dinner Talk by
Gert De Vries, from the
Dutch National
Coordinator for
Counterterrorism Office
Day 4: Saturday, August 22 2009
Time Location Activity
9 am Hotel Postelse Hoeve Lecture by Robert
Kirkpatrick on InSTEDDs
new technologies
12 – 1 pm Lunch
Afternoon Free time
Evening Tilburg City Center Students Evening out…
Day 5: Sunday, August 23 2009
Social event – fun day off!
Time Location Activity
9 am Secret A boat trip and a visit to a
(will be announced in the Monastery… and some
morning) surprises along the way!
Evening Informal Dinner
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Day 6: Monday, August 24 2009
Time Location Activity
9 am T-building – room TZ2 Lecture by Jonas
Landgren on Human-
Centered Design
12 – 1 pm Student Cafeteria Lunch
1 – 5 pm T-building – room TZ2 Workshop – Lecture by
Ralph Morelli on the use
of free and open mobile
technology
7 pm Restaurant Dinner and Dinner Talk by
Ben Van Lier, from
Centric IT Solutions
Day 7: Tuesday, August 25 2009
Time Location Activity
9 am T-building – room TZ2 Lecture by Craig Duncan
on IM for UN ISDR
12 – 1 pm Student Cafeteria Lunch
1 – 5 pm T-building – room TZ2 Lecture by Piet Ribbers
on victim tracking and
tracing
7 pm Restaurant Dinner and Dinner Talk
by Jaap van den Herik,
Tilburg University
Day 8: Wednesday, August 26 2009: CityLab Day
Time Location Activity
9 am T-building – room TZ2 ISCRAM CityLabs
12 – 1 pm
1 – 5 pm
7 pm Restaurant Dinner and Dinner Talk by
Marc Van Ranst,
influenza A H1N1
coordinator Belgium
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Day 9: Thursday, August 27 2009
Time Location Activity
9 am T-building – room TZ2 Lecture by Martijn Neef
on Teaming with
Machines
12 – 1 pm Student Cafeteria Lunch
1 – 5 pm T-building – room TZ2 Lecture by Tom De
Groeve on technology for
crisis situation awareness
6 pm Restaurant “Goodbye” Dinner
Day 10: Friday, August 28 2009
Time Location Activity
9 am T-building – room TZ2 Closing Session
12 – 1 pm Student Cafeteria Farewell Lunch
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3. Participants
Adrot, Anouck
University Paris Dauphine
France
Bergstrand, Frederik
Gothenburg University
Sweden
Durbic, Damir
Tilburg University
The Netherlands
Foulquier, Thomas
Université de Cherbrooke
Canada
Franke, Jorn
SAP
France
Gryszkiewicz, Anna
Chalmers University of Technology
Sweden
Imran, Saed
Cork Univeristy
Ireland
Lang, Guido
City University of New York
USA
Lijnse, Bas
Radboud University Nijmegen
The Netherlands
Lu, Xiaoli
Leiden University
The Netherlands
Mishra, Jyoti
Leeds University
UK
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Muhren, Willem
Tilburg University
The Netherlands
Sugimoto, Yasushi
Manchester Business School
UK
Thang Quang, Chu
Marie Curie University
Vietnam – France
Unen, Can Huseyin
Istanbul Technical University
Turkey
Weyns, Kim
Lund University
Sweden
Witek, Alexandra
UC Irvine
USA
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4. Lecturers
Burghardt, Paul
DECIS – Delft Cooperation on Intelligent Systems
The Netherlands
De Groeve, Tom
Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen
Support to External Security
Joint Research Centre of the European Commission
de Vries, Gert
National Coordinator for Counterterrorism
The Netherlands
Duncan, Craig
Information Management Unit
UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
United Nations
French, Simon
Manchester Business School
The University of Manchester
UK
Gijs, Geert
Proces Manager Operations
Emergency Planning & Disaster Relief
Coordinator B-FAST
Incident and Crisis Management
Federal Public Service Health
Belgium
Gordon, Patrick
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Aid (OCHA)
United Nations
Jul, Susanne
Amaryllis Consulting
USA
Kirkpatrick, Robert
InSTEDD
USA
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Landgren, Jonas
IT University and Gothenburg University
Sweden
Morelli, Ralph
Trinity College
USA
Neef, Martijn
TNO
The Netherlands
Olafson, Gisli
Microsoft and UNDAC
Icelaned
Ribbers, Piet
Tilburg University
The Netherlands
van den Herik, Jaap
Tilburg University
The Netherlands
van Lier, Ben
Centric IT Solutions
The Netherlands
Van Ranst, Marc
Professor and H1N1 Influenza Coordinator
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5. Lectures - short abstracts
Simon French: Stakeholder and Public Participation for Planning and Recovery: an
introduction and critique
To set the scene for the Summer School, I will
i. Introduce and survey different methods of stakeholder and public participation,
describing my experiences over 20 years in using such events to develop emergency
planning and recovery actions.
ii. Offer a critique of the methodologies and express some concerns that we are not
doing as much as we might to develop good practice in running wider participation
processes.
Readings
This paper below was written as a survey of methodologies at the start of a research project.
It has never been published, except on a project web-site. You are provided with a copy on
this course.
1. French, S., Barker, G., Bayley, C., Carter, E., Hart, A., Maule, A.J., Mohr, C., Shepherd, R.
and Zhang, N. Participation and e-Participation: Involving Stakeholders in the
Management of Food Chain Risks in the Rural Economy. Manchester Business School,
University of Manchester, Manchester, M15 6PB, 2005.
The following three papers provide a critique of stakeholder and public participation.
2. S French, D Rios Insua and F. Ruggeri (2006) ‘e-Participation and Decision Analysis.’
Decision Analysis 4, 1-16.
3. French, S. (2007) Web-enabled strategic GDSS, e-democracy and Arrow’s Theorem: a
Bayesian perspective. Decision Support Systems. 43, 1476–1484
4. Bayley, C. and French, S. (2008) Designing a participatory process for stakeholder
involvement in a societal decision. Group Decision and Negotiation. 17,195–210.
A general introduction to Decision Analysis and Support, including Societal Risk contexts, is
provided in:
5. S. French, J. Maule and N. Papamichail (2009) Decision Behaviour, Analysis and Support.
Cambridge University Press.
And if you care to wait a bit until early next year:
6. D. Rios Insua and S.French (eds) e-Participation. A Group Decision and Negotiation
Perspective. To be published in the Springer series on Group Decision and Negotiation
early 2010.
Brendan McDonald: Humanitarian IM (to be provided)
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Gisli Rafn Olafson: OneResponse and Microsoft Vine
After providing a short overview of how and why Microsoft got involved in disaster and crisis
management the focus will be put on two solutions that Microsoft has developed that link in
with the theme of this year. The first one is a solution developed for increasing information
sharing between and from responding organizations. This solution is called OneResponse
and was developed in conjunction with UN OCHA. The focus is then moved to the second
solutions which has recently been announced and is called Microsoft Vine which provides a
platform for public safety information sharing between citizens and responding
organizations.
Robert Kirkpatrick: InSTEDD (To be Provided)
Jonas Landgren
My plan for the summer school is to talk about Design and our role as designers of
technology use for citizen response and crisis preparedness. The day will start with a 3* 45
min lectures on design, field research and prototyping. This will be based on the Human
Centered Design Method from IDEO.com and experiences from my own fieldwork.
The afternoon will include a field study where the students go out in the city of Tilburg. Their
task is to make a series of observations and short interviews in order to get material to
formulate design ideas for Citizen crisis preparedness. The output from this afternoon will be
a set of proposals describing how IT could improve the citizens ability to collaborate with the
authorities in case of crises and large scale accidents.
Ralph Morelli
It is estimated that there are now more than 4 billion mobile phone subscriptions
worldwide. Today relatively inexpensive phones have become an all-in-one technology,
combining voice, text, video, audio, geo-location, internet, email, and a host of useful
applications. Use of mobile technology is playing an increasing role in citizen media--i.e., the
use of mobile phones by private citizens to produce, consume, and distribute news and
other information. This was seen most recently during the post election demonstrations in
Iran. Crowdsourcing projects, such as Ushahidi, have achieved notable success in enabling
citizens to use mobile phones to share news and information during crisis situations.
This talk will focus on the promise of using free and open mobile technology, by private
citizens as well as by professionals and volunteer workers, in crisis response scenarios. The
talk will be organized into three sections. The first part will provide a general overview,
focusing through specific examples on the state-of-the-art
of mobile technology for disaster response, including some of the significant technological
and social challenges involved. The second part will focus on the importance of free and
open technology--i.e., open standards, free and open source software (FOSS)--in designing
and distributing mobile platforms for use by citizens and others in crisis response
scenarios. The third part will present a case study of Android/POSIT, a prototype search and
rescue tool developed on Google's free and open source Android platform for mobile
phones.
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Craig Duncan (to be provided)
Piet Ribbers (to be provided)
Martijn Neef: Teaming with Machines: the role of autonomous systems in collaborative
environments
Our working environments are becoming filled with smart, networked devices, and close
interactions between humans and such devices are commonplace. We use sensor networks
for remote observations, we interact by means of wireless communication devices, and we
benefit greatly from network-accessible information sources. Gradually, we see these
networked devices play a more active and cooperative role in operations. We expect this
development to continue. Close cooperation between humans and smart devices will occur
at various levels of cognition, perhaps to the extent that we effectively create ‘augmented
teams’: teams whose capabilities are greatly augmented by the involvement of sensors,
networks and artificial actors, and in which technological means practically become part of
the team itself. Advances in artificial intelligence fuel such developments, and allow
intelligent systems to play a far more pro-active and autonomous role than traditionally. We
are already seeing signs of such hybrid, network-enhanced teams in the military domain,
where the availability of networks and smart systems are changing the face of the battlefield.
Augmented teams will appear in many safety and security domains, because of the incessant
need for additional sensing and acting capabilities in such environments.
However, the insertion of autonomous systems and intelligent networks into a team
significantly alters interaction dynamics and operational behaviour, and will require a new
understanding of teamwork since it affects the way a team observes, communicates,
collaborates and comes to decisions. There are obvious, distinct differences between human
and artificial actors, and the team design should be able embrace and make good use of
them, so that the capabilities of the team as a whole are augmented. We need have a deep
understanding of what it means to collaborate with autonomous systems, and where
In this talk, we will discuss the implications of autonomous systems on the design of future
crisis management teams, with a specific attention to task delegation, role adjustment,
responsibility and adaptive autonomy between human and artificial actors. We will discuss
why system autonomy is such an important issue and how it affects function allocation
between man and machine. We will go over different approaches to teaming with intelligent
systems, and relate it to crucial subjects such as decision making, accountability and control.
We will present some of our own work on hybrid teams in safety scenarios, and discuss
some of our practical experiences.
Tom De Groeve: From mash-ups to modelling: technology for crisis situation awareness
Large catastrophes often trigger international humanitarian response. This is a particular
context in which many independent actors, including governmental agencies (e.g. search
and rescue teams), non-governmental organizations (NGO’s such as Doctors Without
Borders), corporations (e.g. Google or Microsoft) and international organizations (including
the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) work together to
provide first response and subsequent relief and reconstruction assistance. In the absence of
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a clear command and control structure, situational awareness needs to be acquired by each
actor independently. Needless to say that this community is eager to develop and use
technology and systems to acquire and share information, and that collaboration and
information sharing is generally considered as mutually benefitting.
In the early onset of disasters, information is sparse. Traditionally, there are three main
sources of information: scientific monitoring systems (e.g. seismological or meteorological
networks), official information (briefings by the local emergency management agency) and
media reports. Information management for each source requires different technological
solutions, respectively focused on modelling, web portals for information sharing, and
linguistic processing. However, more recently a fourth source of information is becoming
available through Web 2.0: information from citizens, sometimes labelled crowd-sourcing. In
case of a disaster, local (and remote) citizens can and do provide information (e.g.
eyewitness reports) or analysis (e.g. compiling reports in an information feed). However, this
fourth source is not widely used yet by emergency managers because the reliability of the
information is not well understood and hard to assess in a time-critical environment.
My lecture will address three different topics in this context:
- Mash-ups: combining information from the Web. Based on the experience of the Joint
Research Centre, the principles and advantages of mash-ups in crisis response is shown.
Technology and data sources are reviewed, and research challenges highlighted. The
following example is used: http://dma.jrc.it/map.
- Modelling: information from various sources can be combined using scientific models to
derive new knowledge. In particular for sudden onset disasters, real-time characteristics
of the event can be combined with knowledge about the location of the event to derive
impact on population. Technology, models and data sources are reviewed, and research
challenges highlighted. The following example is used: http://www.gdacs.org.
- Volunteered Geographic Information and collaborative mapping. Creating geographic
information, whether it is for base maps or to map damage, is time consuming, but not
necessarily difficult. Tools are emerging to allow collaborative mapping, such as
OpenStreetMap or Google Map Maker. Technology and data sources are reviewed, and
research challenges highlighted. The following example is used:
http://www.openstreetmap.org.
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Program Book – this version August 8 2009
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